Zambezi River Basin

Mulilo is the administrative centre of Namibia’s Caprivi strip. The centre is strategically located along major transport routes linking the towns

of Livingstone in Zambia, Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, and Kasane in Botswana.

Land degradation

Soil erosion is the most widespread form of

land degradation in the basin accounting for

about 15 per cent of all degraded land in the

Zambezi River Basin (SADC and ZRA 2007).

Other forms of land degradation include

loss of vegetation cover, soil crusting and

compaction, declining soil fertility and siltation

of dams. The main causes of land degradation

are over-grazing, poor agricultural methods,

deforestation, forest fires, panning for minerals,

floods and droughts.

Land degraded by gold panning.

Soil erosion following drought.

Land degradation on slopes inMalawi.

Malaze